The Institutional Risk Analyst

New York | In May of last year, we suggested that it may be time for Elon Musk to declare victory and sell Tesla Motors (TSLA) to one of...

New York | This week The Institutional Risk Analyst is participating at The Mortgage Bankers Association Secondary Conference, one of the...

New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we speak to Michael Bright, President and CEO of the Structured Finance...

New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a market comment from Robert Eisenbeis, Vice Chairman & Chief...

New York | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we talk to our friend Hans-Joachim (Achim) Dübel of FINPOLCONSULT in Berlin...

“Stock prices have reached what looks like a permanently high plateau.” Irving Fisher Autumn 1929 New York | Is the free ride over for...

New York | Last week the Mortgage Bankers Association released their annual production report for 2018. It is not a pretty picture. The...

Orlando | This week The Institutional Risk Analyst is participating in the Information Exchange sponsored by Black Knight, Inc. (BKI),...

La Jolla | This week The Institutional Risk Analyst is in La Jolla for The Chairman's Conference of The California Mortgage Bankers...

New York | Last week Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) finally got her scalp. Tim Sloan, CEO of Wells Fargo & Co (WFC) resigned, part of...

New York | In the most recent edition of The IRA Bank Book, we note that the rate of increase in funding costs for US banks in 2018 was a...

New York | We had a great trip last week, participating in Ellie Mae’s (ELLI) Experience 2019 and surveying the rich (and water sodden)...

San Francisco | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we feature a conversation with David Kotok, Chairman and Chief...

In this edition of The Institutional Risk Analyst, we announce the release of The IRA Bank Book for Q1 2019. We focus on some of the key...

Scottsdale | In this issue of The Institutional Risk Analyst, Ralph Delguidice expounds on the world of leveraged investing in the...

New York | First a travel note. The Institutional Risk Analyst will be at the Structured Finance Industry Group (SFIG) conference in Los...

Washington | Consider the irony of the American housing sector. In the District of Columbia, various pundits, market retreads and...

New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, we note a couple of reader comments. First, we’ve been accused of having a...

New York | This week in The Institutional Risk Analyst, contributor Ralph Delguidice ponders the aftermath of the retreat last week by...

“How did you go bankrupt?” “Two ways. Gradually, then suddenly.” Ernest Hemingway, "The Sun Also Rises" New York | Last week the Federal...